Addelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AD-a-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,017 for girls
Addelyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 2,017th for girls in the US (94 babies).
What does Addelyn mean?
Germanic: modern spelling of Adeline
“noble”
A modern respelling of Adeline, a medieval diminutive of Germanic names beginning with adal, 'noble'.
Is Addelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Addelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 94 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Addelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,017among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 94about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were named Addelyn, making it the 2,017th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,678th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 214 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Addelyn than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Addelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,973 girls in the US were given Addelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #52, up from #2,017 for this spelling alone.
Addelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #2,017 |
| 2024 | 102 | #1,942 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,903 |
| 2022 | 118 | #1,754 |
| 2021 | 131 | #1,600 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,678 |
| 2019 | 138 | #1,560 |
| 2018 | 150 | #1,461 |
| 2017 | 208 | #1,178 |
| 2016 | 194 | #1,257 |
| 2015 | 214 | #1,175 |
| 2014 | 192 | #1,257 |
| 2013 | 186 | #1,273 |
| 2012 | 159 | #1,432 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,666 |
| 2010 | 134 | #1,611 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,914 |
| 2008 | 86 | #2,267 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Nicknames for Addelyn
Names like Addelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brooklyn Eowyn Addilyn Londyn Teagan Sevyn Braelynn Brynlee Elowyn Ailyn Lennon Madilyn
Other spellings of Addelyn
Adalynn Adalyn Adelyn Adelynn Addalyn Adilynn Adalyne Adelyne Addalynn Adelin Adelynne
Names related to Addelyn
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Addelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/addelyn, updated 20 October 2026.